There is a fresh kid on the poker scene who uses the name sbrugby. If you have been paying attention to big stakes money games you will know who I am talking about. On any day, you can see Brian Townsend AKA sbrugby competing in the maximum limits on Full Tilt Poker. The typical match of 200/400no limit has a maximum buy-in of forty thousand dollars. Most evenings sbrugby will end up having close to $200,000 by the close of his games. Sbrugby is rumored to be 24 years old and has only been competing for two years. He won a small 20 dollar buy in tournament for about two thousand dollars and hasn’t looked back. He honed his games in poker room cash games at the 2/5NL table. Phil Ivey has been battling this player continually for the past few of weeks. Most of Ivey’s competitors go down in flames after Ivey destroys them. Sbrugby is not like most of Ivey’s opponents.
Sbrugby knows how to hold his own against the greatest player on the planet. He plays a very fierce style and is constantly applying pressure on his adversaries. Whenever he notices weakness in his competitor, he’ll put his opponent to the test. His amazing ability to scrutinize his competitor’s cards puts him amongst the best on the planet. Brian Townsend is featured in the 3rd season of High Stakes Poker. Brian is one of many new internet whiz kids who are controlling net poker.